Modus Decimandi
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In ecclesiastical law. A peculiar manner of tithing, arising from immemorial usage, and differing from the payment of one-tenth of the annual increase. To be a good modus, the custom must be, first, certain and invariable; second, beneficial to the parson; third, a custom to pay something different from the thing compounded for; fourth, of the same species; fifth, the thing substituted must be in its nature as durable as the tithes themselves; sixth, it must not be too large, — ^that would MODUS ET CONVENTIO VINCUNT LEgem. The form of. agreement and the convention of the parties overrule the law, 2 Coke,. 73.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Ecclesiastical Law. A peculiar manner of tithing, arising from Immemorial usage, and differing from To be ft good modus, the custom must be— first, certain and Invariable; second, beneficial to the person; third, a custom to pay something different from the thing compounded for; fourth, of the same species; fifth, the thing substituted must be in its nature as durable as the tithes themselves; sii Dth, it must not be too large; that would be a rank rhodus. 2 Bla. Com. 30. See 13 M. & W. 822.